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TOY FENCE ANDY ELEMENTS Filed Nov. 10, 1950 INVENTOR. ma Jbcx Mfl/VO/L.

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Patented May 12, 1953 Jack Manoil, Waverly, N. Y., assignor to ManoilManufacturing Co., Inc., WaverIy, N. Y.,, a corporation of New YorkApplicationNovember 10, 1950, Serial No.- 195,066

Claims. (01. 46- 17) The present invention contemplates structural toyoutfits for building toy fences adapted; and for use on a flat supportsuch as: a, table or the floor.

According to the present invention, the toy fences are assembled'bythechild out of a comparatively' small number of inexpensive cast units,each of which looks like a length offence. By rearranging the parts onecan erect fences of various sizes and provide enclosures of variousshapes as well asinterconnecting fences, corrals, andthe like. Accordingto the present invention, the units going to make up fences are providedwith bases adaptedto support the fence unit from the table, and thesebases are provided with suitable holes to receive pins carried by othersimilar fence forming units to interconnect the units with one another.

The accompanying drawings show various forms of fence forming unitsutilized in the assembly of typical fence enclosures.

In these drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy corral with swingin gate;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the fixed an movable parts forming thegate;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a. fence unit of double length andadapted for use with other fence units to form an extended length offence or connect a fence with a lateral fence;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing a. fence unit of halfthe length of that of Figure 3, and suitable for use as an extension ofa fence, using the same unit or the units of Figure 3;

Figure 4a. is a view similar to Figure 4, illustrating a form of fenceunit suitable for support only from two other fence units havingself-supporting bases, also for use as a removable gate;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a rectangular enclosure which can bebuilt with the parts illustrated in Figures 2, 3 and 4, showing the gateswung open in dot and dash lines and showing a rectangular form ofenclosure;

Figure 6 is an enlarged elevational view of parts in section, showingthe gateway; and

Figure 7 is a horizontal section on the line 1--l of Figures 1 and 6.

The corral shown in Figure 1 employs a gateway member ID, a swinginggate ll, two long fence forming units [2, l2, and a short fence formingunit 13. The gateway unit It has two round bases lOa provided with holeslllb, side members lllc and top bar Ind. One of the side members lDccarries a bracket [0a. The swinging gate member I I has a number ofhorizontal bars l-.la. a long end post lib,- a short endpost l te, and amiddle post lid. The upper end of the ion-g end post Hbis received! inthe bracket (fie on the gateway anditslower reduced end He isreceivedi-nthe aligned hole ID?) of the adjacent base ltd. The gatemember swings inthe gateway andthe lower end of the shorter endpost He is adapted toenter into one of theholes [0b of the-adjacent post We of the gateway.

The double length. fence forming units i2. of Figure-3 have an. endpost- [2a, reduced lower end i222, a center post I 20 having a base.lfldlprovided with holes E29 and. an end post l2 provided with a baselZg carryingholes 1.21- The pin til) at the end of the fence formingunit I2 is adapted to enter into one of the holes Itb of the base of thegate, or into any of the holes in the bases IN and [2t of similar units,so that the unit l2 can be attached to the gateway or to the othersimilar units to extend the fence or provide laterals from an existingfence.

The unit I3 shown in Figure 4 is half the length of the unit l2 shown inFigure 3, and it has two end posts l3a, l3a with reduced ends I31),I31). Such a unit may be used to connect together two units I2 as shownin Figure 1.

The fence forming unit l4 shown in Figure 4a is similar to the unit l2of Figure 3 but is only half the length. It may be used as a short ex--tension of a fence as shown at the left of Figure 5 and may interconnecta series of units l2 with one another, or a series of single lengthunits to form. a fence. It, of course, may also be used to start. alateral from any of the other fence units.

An outfit provided with a suitable number of the various units abovedescribed makes it possible for the child to assemble corrals, fencesand; the like, having a great many forms and layouts. The fences areassembled without the use of any tools and can be readily disassembledand rearranged as desired.

Since it is obvious that the invention may be embodied in other formsand constructions within the scope of the claims, I wish it to beunderstood that the particular forms shown are but a few of these forms,and various modifications and changes being possible, I do not otherwiselimit myself in any way with respect thereto.

What is claimed is:

1. In a. structural toy outfit for building toy fences, a fence unitcomprising three post members rigidly interconnected by horizontal bars,one end post member and the intermediate post member each having a flatflanged base so that the unit stands upright on a flat support, the

base having vertical apertures therein, the other post member having alower end receivable in the apertured base of another similar unit.

2. In a structural toy outfit for building toy fences, a gate formingunit comprising a stationary member having two end posts secured toapertured fiat base flanges and rigidly interconnected by a top bar, abracket carried by one end post, and a movable gate having one end postpivoted in the bracket and an aperture in the adjacent base, and itsother end post having its lower end receivable in an aperture in theother base.

3. A toy fence assembly comprising a gate section having end postsrigidly interconnected at the top by a bar and provided with fiat baseshaving vertical holes and a swinging section loosely pivoted at one endto one of the posts to swing laterally and having a downwardly extendingpin at its other end in such location as to be adapted to enter one ofthe said holes in the base below the other post, and a plurality offence sections having end posts with pins detachably received in theholes in the gate post bases and ineluding other posts having flat basesprovided posts and extending beyond one of the posts, a third postextending vertically across the extended bars, the bases having verticalholes and the third post having a pin matching the said holes wherebyupon insertion of said pin in a hole of a similar unit the units may beassembled end to end to form an extended self-sustaining fence, or alateral extension thereof.

5. Releasable interlocking devices such as claimed in claim 4, togetherwith a toy gate structure with a base at each end similar to the basesof the first mentioned toy elements so that it can be connected at itsends to two such elements each having a pin, posts extending upwardlyfrom the gate bases, a top connecting bar rigidly joining the latterposts, and a swingable gate section pivoted to one of the gate posts andits base and releasably attachable to the other gate post and its base.

JACK MANOIL.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

